Westford Poe Marker

In a small copse of trees off to the side of the front lawn of a private, two-story white house in Westford, Massachusetts lies a headstone-like marker with a black raven incised on it. The memorial is dedicated to Poe or, more accurately, his visits that location, where he would spend time with Nancy Heywood Richmond, the woman who would be the inspiration for his poem, “For Annie.”

The text on the marker reads,

Edgar Allan Poe
Was Here
1848-1849
Reading Poems - Exploring the Town
Nurturing His Friendship With
Nancy Heywood Richmond ("Annie")

Adapted with Permission from: The New England Grimpendium by J.W. Ocker